Russian TV’s silence on troops near Ukraine
Russian TV has a plethora of programmes dedicated to the activity of the Russian military. Over the past year and a half, however, they...
Putin Said to Open Irish Front Against ‘Anglo-Saxon’ News
Russia’s worst economic slump in at least six years may have forced President Vladimir Putin to trim his propaganda budget, but he won’t let...
Pro-Kremlin Newspaper Nurtures A Know-It-All
Sometimes he's just a junior research assistant. But he also sees duty as a literary critic, a journalist, an art critic, or a mass-communication...
Independent media battle on in Putin’s Russia
Alexei Venediktov, one of Russia's most prominent journalists, does not go out without a bodyguard and does not answer mobile phone calls for fear...
Putin’s Next Invasion: The Pop Charts
For more than a year, since his troops invaded Ukrainian territory and illegally annexed Crimea, Vladimir Putin has spent much of his time trying...
Russia to Web Anonymizers: Shut Up and Go Away
Russia is now officially cracking down on anonymizing web services—tools that allow users to access content and websites that might be banned in the...
West Must Offer Russians and East Europeans an Alternative Worldview Not Just Accurate Information,...
Those in the West thinking about launching a Russian-language television station to counter Moscow’s lies need to reflect on the fact that “Kremlin propaganda...
Up to 10-year sentences proposed for ‘anti-Russian propaganda’
Russia’s legislators are reportedly preparing draft laws that envisage up to 10-year terms of imprisonment for ‘anti-Russian propaganda’. There is no clear definition of...
Fake: Sweden’s Purchase of Ukrainian Black Soil
In early July, media and social networks mistakenly reported that Sweden would purchase and export black soil from Ukraine.
The news first appeared July 3-4...
Is counter-propaganda the only antidote to propaganda?
Russia Today is packed full of lies. But aren't there motes aplenty in our own eyes onto the world? Is media credibility shot, and...